Alpharetta woman ID’d as driver killed by flying tire on Ga. 400

At the height of the Thursday morning commute, a tire flew off a northbound pickup truck, landed on the windshield of a car on the other side of Ga. 400 and killed the driver, Sandy Springs police said.

A truck pulled over on Ga. 400 after losing its rear wheel and tire. The tire went over a wall and hit car, killing the driver, Sandy Springs police said. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Just before 8 a.m., “a truck traveling north on Ga 400 at Pitts Road lost a wheel and tire,” police Sgt. Sam Worsham told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a statement. “The wheel went over the wall and struck a vehicle south on Ga. 400.”